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January 2025 SheepShaver - plus Macintosh Classic 9 System

by: Various

Publication date: 2022-01-23

Topics: SheepShaver 2.5, Macintosh Emulation, Classic System 9, Turnkey Solution for Mac Classic Environment, SheepShaver Macintosh, SheepShaver Windows, Macintosh Emulation on Windows, Turnkey Solution System 9, Classic Mac, Mac OS 9

Language: English

Item Size: 3.5G

The January 2025 versions of SheepShaver 2.5 - With Mac Classic 9 - for Windows or Mac Systems.

Recommended: set the amount of RAM to 1024 MB in the Memory/Misc Tab - for best performance. The Latest versions (2025) support The Latest Systems. I updated this project, again - 3 years and 1 month after I first posted it.

January 2025 Version of SheepShaver 2.5 for Windows Systems: https://archive.org/download/sheepshaver_202201/sheepshaverwindows25.zip
Built/Tested on Windows 10 - Leave a Remark if it does not work.

BE SURE to check the “Ignore Illegal Memory Accesses” checkbox in the Miscellaneous tab, in SheepShaver settings, when starting it up for the first time. This can help prevent many crashes.

Double Click the file SheepShaverGUI.exe to start it.

First Run - set it like this:

Memory/Misc ----> Select 1024 under RAM and Browse to MAC OS ROM in the ROM selector box.

Network ----> Choose Basilisk II Slirp.

Keyboard/Mouse ----> Check "Use RAW Keycodes" checkbox and Browse to keycodes.ansi in the Keycodes selection area.

Graphics ----> Select "Window" / Windows Refresh Rate select "Dynamic" / For Width select "1600" / For Height select "900" (Other possible resolutions are 1024 by 768 / 800 by 600 / and 640 by 480 - you may type any of those pairs of Numbers instead: but 1600 by 900 is the largest possible in Windowed Mode.)

Volumes ----> Browse to "MacSystem9" and Add it to the list of Volumes. / Select the "My Computer" (Access Mac Disks) checkbox - and in the box below that type C,D,E,F,G to access the Windows File System from the Mac OS 9 Emulator.

Click the "Start" Button.

When Finished: Shut down the Emulator under "Special Menu" - Shut Down and when it shuts off properly - click the "Quit" Button.

Every launch after that: just click the Start button. Shut it down as above.

I took the liberty, during the upgrade, to add two new programs to the built in Mac OS 9 Hard Drive image for Windows - you will find the added programs already in the Launcher Control Panel. (Shhhhh … it's a secret.)

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January 2025 Versions of SheepShaver 2.5 for Macintosh Systems - Two Newer Versions / One Legacy Version:

• Version 2.5, May 4th 2019, 64-bit Intel from github.com/kanjitalk755/macemu source - For Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) through macOS 10.12 (Sierra) … Legacy Version:
https://archive.org/download/sheepshaver_202201/sheepshaver25_il.zip

• Version 2.5, February 24th 2024, Universal (x86_64 and arm64)
Universal, will run natively on both Intel and Apple Silicon - Recommended for macOS 10.9 (Mavericks) through macOS 11 (Big Sur).
https://archive.org/download/sheepshaver_202201/sheepshaver25_ul.zip

• Version 2.5, January 25th 2025, universal (x86_64 and arm64)
Universal, will run natively on both Intel and Apple Silicon.
Recommended for macOS 11.5 (Big Sur) through macOS 15 (Sequoia).
https://archive.org/download/sheepshaver_202201/sheepshaver25_uh.zip

The 3 Macintosh versions of SheepShaver cover Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) - to macOS 15 (Sequoia) now. The Big Sur through Sequoia Version is untested (I Updated the Binary and left the supporting files alone) - Leave a Remark if something is wrong with the other two versions.

The File OS9.dsk.zip is an Alternate Macintosh System 9 Hard Drive - substitute the Unzipped Disk Image for the Original Disk Image in the folder of any of the 8 versions of the Macintosh Version of SheepShaver. 😞 I do not believe this Disk Image works with either of the Three Windows Versions of SheepShaver 😞.

The file appearance_panel.zip has extra Mac OS 8.0 to 9.2 appearance extra files - 41 Sound Sets, 56 Appearance Themes, and 48 Desktop Pictures are in a zipped up folder. Unzip this folder into your SheepShaver Shared Folder. When in SheepShaver the next time: follow the instructions in the text file included in the archive to install them properly. Works on Windows OR Macintosh Versions of SheepShaver.

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(All below were Left unchanged … )

The OLD Versions Below still work - From August of 2023 - I updated the binary files to the 2023 Versions! I could NEVER get QEMU to emulate System 9 - but Sheepshaver Just Works: Right Out-of-the-Box!

BE SURE to check the “Ignore Illegal Memory Accesses” checkbox in the Miscellaneous tab, in SheepShaver settings, when starting it up for the first time. This can help prevent many crashes.

August 2023 Version of SheepShaver 2.5 for Windows Systems: https://archive.org/download/sheepshaver_202201/sheepshaverwindows23.zip

I just swapped in the newest Executable File, and recompressed the Archive - it is untested. This version handles framebuffering differently - Leave a Remark if it does not work.

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August 2023 Version of SheepShaver 2.5 for Macintosh Systems - Three New Versions:

• Version 2.5, 4 May 2019, 64-bit Intel from github.com/kanjitalk755/macemu source - For Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) through macOS 10.12 (Sierra)

https://archive.org/download/sheepshaver_202201/sheepshaver_il.zip

• Version 2.5, 13 September 2022, Universal (x86_64 and arm64)
Universal, will run natively on both Intel and Apple Silicon - Recommended for macOS 10.9 (Mavericks) through macOS 12 (Monterey).

https://archive.org/download/sheepshaver_202201/sheepshaver_ul.zip

• Version 2.5, 10 August 2023, universal (x86_64 and arm64)
Universal, will run natively on both Intel and Apple Silicon - Recommended for macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) through macOS 13 (Ventura).

https://archive.org/download/sheepshaver_202201/sheepshaver_uh.zip

The 3 Macintosh versions of SheepShaver cover Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) - to macOS 13 (Ventura) now. These were untested (I Updated Binaries - left supporting files alone) - Leave a Remark if something is wrong with them.

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This part was left unchanged - from February of 2022:

This is the Archive of my SheepShaver Folder, from my Applications Folder.

The Macintosh Version of SheepShaver (Version 2.5) works on Mac OS X 10.9 through Mac OS 11.2 ... with Intel OR ARM Hardware. OS 9 Classic (9.0.4) is installed on the capacious disk image.

System Specs: This is a PowerMac 9500 Series [New World ROM] with an 8 GB Hard Drive / 1024 MB RAM / using a G4 PPC Processor running at 100 Mhz.

The "Install 9" archive has this same archive, and a document that attempts to walk you through the initial parameter's setup steps, zipped up together in a folder. If you have never set up the SheepShaver Emulator before ... this archive might be the one you are looking for.

All Files were downloaded from

https://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=7360 (MAC)

OR From

https://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5325 (WIN) ...

or from https://macintoshgarden.org/ or https://www.macintoshrepository.org, or even from archive.org's Classic Mac software archives themselves.

I merely assembled / setup / tested / and zipped up a few of them together. Then I uploaded this system backup for safe keeping.

If you are in need of the Macintosh Classic System 9 (PPC) - to run on Windows, OR your INTEL or M1 Macintosh System - this is a "Turnkey" solution to set that up the first time, and to use after that.

The Macintosh Setup Guide to refer to is here:

https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/sheepshaver_mac_os_x_setup

(95% of this has been done already: you just need to set it up, on it's first run.)

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Just Added: The Archive named sheepshaverwindows.zip is the SheepShaver Folder from my Windows 10 system ... Zipped up. This Archive runs Mac Classic System 9.0.4 in a Window on your Windows System. The Size of the built in Hard Drive Image is only 2 GB in the Windows Versions (8 GB on Mac) - but otherwise the Emulated System Specs are the Same as the Mac Version. It still thinks it is a 100 Mhz G4 PowerMac 9500 with 1024K RAM onboard.

A Setup Guide to refer to is here:

https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/sheepshaver_setup

(95% of this has been done already: you just need to set it up, on it's first run.)

Next Update will likely be in a few years. For the Time Being this will allow use of Old "Classic" Mac OS 8 or 9 software on the newest systems.